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Have you ever wondered where the purses go and how they get there? It starts at YOUR house, then to Seattle, then to the Port of Houston (via Denver) and onto a cargo container ship. Then to a port in...

The 2014 Sew Powerful Purse Impact Report Earlier this week we returned from Zambia. In this post I’ll give a recap of the trip and then share our lessons and insights related to the Sew Powerful Purse program. Purpose: The purpose...

This is the unlikely story of how a few hundred moms and grandmas worked together to give the gift of education to 500 girls in Zambia allowing them to complete over 15,000 days of school By Jason Miles We leave for...

Cinnamon and I are leaving for Zambia later this week and we want to bring you along for the journey by blogging about it. We’ll do our best to both blog daily. I’ll blog here on www.sewpowerful.org and Cinnamon will...

On November 11th, 2015 we gathered to unbox, count, and prep all the 2015 Sew Powerful purses. In total we received 1,619 purses from all over the world. We are incredibly grateful for all the enthusiasm and hard work that...

We are currently working to fund the next Zambia Sewing Program, (we’re calling it Zambia 2). They are ready to go – they just need the funding. This round will include 20 seamstresses and the largest expense is a knitting...

We decided to launch Sew Powerful on Monday, September 12 2011. By Tuesday, September 20th we had received our Federal EIN Number, which is the first step in becoming a formally recognized charity. Until we are fully approved by Washington...

Hi everyone, We’d like to share a very special story with you that we received from Esther Makandawire, the director of the Needs Care Center. Lizy is 26 years old and a mother of two children. She lives with her...

Hi everyone, As you probably remember we did a special project with our Fall 2010 Line to bless 40 Zambian Seamstresses with training and supplies, (including several industrial sewing machines). They have formed a cooperative to help the orphans in...